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Route Reliability

Philadelphia → Knoxville

PHLTYS · 555 miles · Philadelphia International Airport to McGhee Tyson Airport

72
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
2.8%
Cancelled
1,002
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • American Airlines77% on time · 998 flights
  • Allegiant Air75% on time · 4 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

PHL–TYS flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 61% between 3–6 PM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

PHL–TYS flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Wednesdays. On Thursdays: 73%.

Trending in the right direction.

PHL–TYS flights arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 76% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon79%(141 flights)
  • Tue78%(137 flights)
  • Wed81%(133 flights)
  • Thu73%(142 flights)
  • Fri79%(141 flights)
  • Sat74%(129 flights)
  • Sun74%(148 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM87%(178 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(117 flights)
  • 12–3 PM87%(193 flights)
  • 3–6 PM61%(158 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(325 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 60% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202560%84
July 202566%87
August 202580%88
September 202586%99
October 202577%112
November 202578%67
December 202562%78
January 202682%61
February 202683%53
March 202679%62
April 202687%84
May 202684%96

Based on 1,002 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.